| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 48-24(I), Clarification for POV Constructed Cost Comparisons | This item clarifies that when a traveler chooses to use a Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) for TDY travel, it is considered a personal choice and is never a standard or directed mode. It also clarifies that a constructed travel worksheet (CTW) such as the DTMO’s CTW or a similar locally-approved form is required when a POV is used unless the directed/authorized mode was an available Government automobile. The AO must review the CTW to consider both cost and other factors when determining if POV use is advantageous to the Government. Effective August 1, 2024. | 8/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 50-24 (E), Expansion of Rental Vehicle Reimbursable Expenses | This item updates the Joint Travel Regulations Table 2-8 to add cleaning fees for rental vehicles as a reimbursable expense when the AO determines the fee is due to use of the vehicles in conjunction with the mission. Fees charged due to the traveler’s negligence or misuse of the vehicle are not reimbursable. The item also adds roadside assistance fees as an expense an AO may authorize or approve when a traveler has an emergency beyond their control with a rental vehicle such as a flat tire. Items covered by the U.S. Government Rental Car Agreement and prepaid roadside assistance fees, which are considered a type of insurance, are not reimbursable. This update is necessary due to roadside assistance and vehicle cleaning no longer being included at no cost under the U.S. Government Rental Car Agreement 5. There have been several instances identified by the DTMO Rental Car Team where travelers were unable to change a tire due to a broken arm or other physical limitations, no knowledge of how to change a tire, or the flat occurred in an unsafe location. There have been cases where cleaning fees were charged because the traveler parked the car in a sandy parking area near the ocean to participate in the exercise which caused significant amount of sand and gravel to be tracked into the vehicle. Effective October 1, 2024. | 10/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 53-24(I), Miscellaneous Corrections | This item corrects miscellaneous minor grammatical errors and corrects language in the Joint Travel Regulations. Effective August 1, 2024. | 8/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 56-24(I), Clarify Laundry Reimbursement is not Authorized In CONUS” | This item clarifies that laundry reimbursement is not authorized within CONUS. Laundry and dry-cleaning expenses are a personal expense and are not reimbursable as part of per diem, AEA, or a miscellaneous reimbursable expense within CONUS. Effective immediately. | 8/5/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 60-23(E), Travel In and Around the PDS | This item clarifies that for Service members and employees who are working remotely, whose official worksite is as defined in 5 CFR 531.602 and determined under the criteria in 5 CFR 531.605, whose remote official worksite is not within a defined local area, the local area will be within 50 miles of that remote official worksite. For remote Service members and employees within the local commuting area, transportation expenses between a Service member’s or an employee’s official worksite and the Service’s or organization’s worksite may be authorized, at the discretion of the Service’s or organization’s remote work policy. | 7/18/2023 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 70-24(I), Clarification of Rental Vehicle Insurance Reimbursement for Certain Classified Special Operations | This item clarifies that rental vehicle insurance is reimbursable for certain special classified special operations when the nature of the mission does not allow the traveler to rent a vehicle under the U.S. Government Rental Car Agreement. The Joint Travel Regulations previously stated “…in the CONUS or non-foreign areas OCONUS” as a result of the 2017 JTR rewrite. The U.S. Government Accountability Office decision B 204486 dated January 19, 1982 is the basis for this reimbursement and does not limit it to CONUS or non-foreign OCONUS. Effective October 1, 2024. | 10/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 76-24(I), Restructure Joint Travel Regulations Chapter 1 Tables 1-2 and 1-4 – 508 Compliant | This item restructures the Joint Travel Regulations Tables 1-2 and 1-4 to bring them into compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. §794d). Effective November 1, 2024. | 11/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 79-23(E), Clarification of Reimbursable Lodging Expenses Associated with Rental or Lease of Nonconventional Lodging such as a Single-Family Home or Apartment | This item clarifies JTR Paragraph 020303-G, indicating that rental or lease of a single-family home or apartment is considered long term lodging regardless of whether the lodging costs are accrued daily, weekly, or monthly. This item also clarifies Table 2-8,indicating that parking at a single-family home or apartment is considered part of the lodging cost and not separately reimbursable. This item also clarifies Table 2-16 fees, such as tourism, safe, service, or resort fees may only be reimbursed in conjunction with conventional lodging(hotel and motel establishments). | 10/19/2023 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 80-24(I), Clarify POV Use During Evacuation and Evacuation Related TDY | This item clarifies that an Authorizing or Approving Official (AO) may authorize privately owned vehicle (POV) use as advantageous to the Government without the use of a constructed cost comparison or constructed travel worksheet for evacuation travel or evacuation related temporary duty (TDY) travel. It also clarifies if an AO authorizes POV use for evacuation travel as advantageous to the Government, it is automatically considered advantageous for travel returning to the permanent duty station. Effective November 1, 2024. | 11/1/2024 |
| UTD/CTD for MAP/CAP 8-24 (I) -- Add AFRICOM Funded Environmental and Morale Leave (FEML) Locations and Destinations | This item updates the Joint Travel Regulation’s Authorized Funded Environmental and Morale Leave (FEML) Locations and Destinations supplement by designating five new AFRICOM locations. | 2/23/2024 |